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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1864-09-17

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- ' - m - i n 1 I M Ml II ' . i . . . i , i , .. - .nir.r ' i ,. . '-''' I ....-rn 1 ' III I III ' -Amfmm-,. ,.., f) -r - f . - . . . . . . ' '" ." - . .' . " - .. ' "; ' : " ' 'IS rVBUSBED BJBmT ATT1AT nojinr IT ,,L;:.;:t;;BmEm';; ; Ctfleeila Wom1 ward Blockt 8d Story. TKKSfS-Two Dolliri peir'atiaam, f7blin d- $20 within six months; $3.00 fter the Mpi mlpmfthe-7M.' , ; S DlOORAPniCJX sketch V 07 THE LIFE OF : ' P. UcClclIan, OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. . From the Chicago Times. Althotieh younff Gen. McClellan's George life has been, so eventful that it includes far more than falls to the experience of ordinary people during an existence prolonged to the utmost limits allotted to men. A youth in years,.but a veteran in experience, his life affords ample materials for a volume; hence, in the .sketch "which we now present, much is omitted of interest, while.' those points given are necessarily shorn of evey- thing save the bare mention of their . existence. ',.;.. , .'..George Brinton McClkllan was born in Philadelphia in 1826, and is, therefore, now about 88 years of age, Ilis father was an eminent physician and surgeon in that city, and for many Tears occupied a chair in one of the Professorships of the Jefferson Medical Institute. The elevated position attained and so long held by Dr. McClel-lan is, were other evidence wanting, a-sufficient guarantee , of the great ability of him who was the sire of the present democratic candidate for the highest : office in the gift of the people of the .United States. That the son inherited all, the high intellectual characteristics " of the father is evident from the great .success which has thus far attended his . numerous Titanic and comprehensive efforts . Of the early life of the present Gen-. -eral, wc know nothing save that he attended for sometime tho University of Pennsylvania, and at tho remarkably premature, ago of 16 years he entered vVest Point. Four years after, he graduated second in his class, and in July of the same year (1864) hVenter- , ot.,Jbngineers. His application and ability are . indicated by the high position he obtained in his i class and the . .early period of his graduation being then only twenty years" of age. 7 Soon after this he was ordered to Mexico, taking service at first as Lieutenant of Sappers and Miners and Pon-toniers. He was in Gen. Worth's divis-, ion it Vera Cruz, and for his gallan try was mentioned with high favor in the official reports. At Cerro Gordo and the City of Mexico he was attached t Gen. Twiggs' division and received special mention for gallant beharior; at Contreras and Cherubusco his conspicuous gallantry won him the brevet of 1st Lieutenant, and at Molino del Rev he was offered, but declined, the brevet of Captain. . A little later he was tendcr-ed the samo . position for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at Chapultepec and accepted it, taking command of the .company in which he had hitherto served. As will be een by this brief recapitulation, his services in the Mexican war were so conspicuously gallant in every . action - of prominence during that war as to secure for him either the v compliment of favorable official mention, or the more substantial one of pro-emotion. Thus early did he develop the . .germs of that great military genius . which has made him to-day one of the first commanders of the age. ,t r After, peace, was concluded with Mex-jcoie.was ordered to, West Point as ,, .Director of Field Labors and Instruc-.1, tor of the Bayonet : Exercise. , In 1851 L he: seruitended the construction of l Fort, Delaware, and in 1852 he was en-gaged , oi; ai exploring expedition up -3 . Red . River. t Towards , the close of the .. same year he. accompanied Gen. Persi-fer F. Smith to Texas, upon an expedition to survey the' rivers and harbors r of. that S tate, acting as Senior Engi n- eer. ' ' : ; - , " In the spring of 1853 and 54 lie was cnaSd ia rail road and other surreys; including an exploration bf a portion Of the Oascado'. Range for the proposed Pacific Railway, and a report upon the ncOjtratioTi; eqtupmenVhd so forth, of farions railways in the7 United States. Al thy (blofe of a854, ne was 'sentr b -'" tlregovcrmnent ovL 1 V secret mission" to rBaa iDotumW and adjacent islands,do--1tingwhrch''5e,1coIlected af Vast amount of topographical and other Information. '"J in l&oo no was- commissi onea as ua&- tain in the 1st Cavulrr. and in 1856 'Me accorapanie'd Majcnrsl)elafield and Mpr-decai'to the Criea,Lt observe and re port npon the conflict thett w'ISgl6? Detween - Kussia-on the -one hand, and - Encland. JFrance. ;and iTnrkeon the - nHisreportwaa rrintcp,vtdvi i-v"rv weuvwae-spreaa anasnrpris- enneeandviWr vu.. a reisuia msiniT ui ins how well he had comprehended these important branches; This work' has obtained favorable recognition not merely in this country but in Europe,; and it immediately gave the writer a high position among the best military minds on both sides of the Atlantic. ; Early in 1857 he resigned hiB position in the army and "removed to this city, and for three years filled the responsible position of Vice President, and Engineer of the Db'nois Central Rail road.- In 1860 he resigned his position on the Illinois Central Railroad and removed to .Cincinnati, where he was appointed General Superintendent of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. A little latter he was made President of the Eastern Division of the same road, which position he occupied at the breaking out of the present rebellion. In May, 1861, the . States of Ohio, Indiana, aud Illinois were placed in the "Department of the Ohio," and its command given to Major General Mc-Clellan," who had thus been commissioned in the Ohio Volunteers by the Governor of that State. He at once entered upon the duties of his new position, and as fast as possible proceeded to the organization of the nine months' Ohio Volunteers. The same month several bodies of rebels made their appearance in Western Virginia, and threatened the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Gen. McClellan at once took measures to prevent the threatened interuption. That Gen. McClellan, in thus entering zealously upon the war, did so from a sincere desire to prevent the disruption of the country, is undoubted. His first address to the Union men of West Virginia shows that he in no wise entertained a suspicion of the fanatical purposes to which the war was now to be perverted by the administration. In this address he says: I have orilered troops to ciwa the river. The come as voiir frieiwU and )-our Hrothera an enemies only to armeJ rebels who are preying upon yon. Your homes, your families, and your property are safe under onr protection. All yoar rights shall be relijrioiily respected. "Notwithstanding all that has been said br the traitors to induce you to believe that our advent among you will be signalized by inter.' Terence with jour elavea, understand one thins clearly not only will we abstain from all such interference, but we will, on the contrary, with ai iron handr crush any attempt at insurrection on their part.v dress to his army, in which he says: "I pi -ice under the safeguard of your honor the persons and property of the Virginians. I know that you will respect their teehngs and all their rights. Preserre the strictest discipline; remember that each one of yon holds in his keeping the honor of Ohio and of the Union.; VI f.you are called upon to overcome armed opposition, I know that your courage is equal to the tank, hut remember that your only foe are the armd traitors, and show mercy even to them when they are in your power, for many of them are misguided.' Th us early did Gen. McClellan indicate that he entered upon the war, not to subvert the institutions of the South, or to conduct a crusade against unarmed citizens, but singly and solely to crnsh treason in arms. Who doubts that had this policy been adhered toJ the rebellion would to day have been a thing of the past and the Union to-day than it was ere the attempt had been made to disrupt it ? The campaign in Virginia and its complete success are so well known that we need not give its details special at tention. Suffice it that by July 14th, in less than two months, he completely cleared West Virginia of rebels, having killed, captured and dispersed all the opposition that held that portion of the State,' with a most insignificant loss to the Federal forces. It was bne of the most masterly campaigns of the present war. For a special object it was originated, and that object in a little more than a month was accomplished, inclu ding. every single detail. It evinced so much masterly ability that the commander at once achieved a national reputation, and in response to a universal demand he was called to Washington to assist in repairing the disaster of Bull Bun, which just then had fallen with crushing effect upon the nation. He was at once given the command of Washington ' and "the Department "of Northeastern Virginia, and he immedi ately set to work to bring order out of tne cnaos that there prevailed, mad an army out of the nnwieldly-mob then aa now known as" the Army of the -Potom ac. 'Before taking leave of the Depart ment of West Vlrgfnla-it rnay be added, 1 the Missisippi River, which snggestioh was atterwards carried into effect, with a resnlt whose benefit iir so enicnown than n6tling more thinf a niere allnsion upon a&suminff' command at 'Wash ington, Gen. McClellan'at cce'propos ed a cOrapTehenslTej' plan' td Ithe Presi- wa utb, arop au attempts save those directed atrainat the reb'ekin aTmsrand.aeeondV.fto raise m wray of vwv uwww ana eignt thousaod ;xnen, whifilf rf houhLv, t a civen time" Jatrika thfi rebellion aAosen dierent points; MOUNT VERNON, : have been completely extihguished-i- His policy of conciliating . those not in; arms, would have prevented the?' Confederate leaders from raising formida-able armies, while" the enormous physical superiority which; lie" proposed to use would have found the rebellion in its infancy and weakness and would have crushed it without difficulty. ; When he assumed command at Washington, the entire effective Federal force in the . vicinity of Washington was about 40,000 men. It was the same mob that had inst been routed at Manassas, and was without arms, discipline, or-spirit, To increase this force, discipline it, and to produce uniformi ty in the guns, artillery, ammunition, and equipment, were the . first steps taken by the new commander. Departments, Quartermasters, ordinanee, .. medieal subsistence, telegraphic &c., were either entirely lacking or in a state of inefficiency that rendered them worse than uselesss. Ail these had to be created; and yet, with an army of only 50,000 men in this condition, and with these multifarious and onerous duties to be performed, there are -people, who find fault because McClellan dvj, not at once advance and annihilate a victorious rebel army of LOO, 000 men tht occupied a strong position not far from Washington. It is scarcely necessary to write in detail of this portion of Gen. : McC1ellaft.,s. career, -so well are ita details known to the public. vast and comprehensive plan for operating against the rebellion was devised by the new commander. He indicated in -this plan points in every portion of the southern States whose possession was vital to the existence of the Confederacy, and which, once wrested from the Confederates, would give the death-blow to their cause. Suffice it that dear experience has since taught how supreme was the wisdom which thus early pointed. out the weak links in the- Confederate cordon of defence. Ever since, the Federal armies, with more or ls success, but without unanimity as to time, have been fighting for the possession of these very points and no others. . Gen. McClellan's logical idea of organizing an army large enough to assail in force all these various points, and also to weaken the then inconsiderable Condfederate armies by forcing them to defend al these positions from a simultaneous attack, was defeated through the impatience of the. people for an onward movement, and the injudicious interference of President Lincoln and tKe jealously of Secretary Stanton and other aspiring officials. Long before General McClellan had raised his armies to the size required for the the simultaneous movement; long even before thoe? he did have were more than half disciplined, or their varions military departments had been more than, half resurrected from, ehaos, Mr. .Lincoln assunjed command of the armies, and on the 27th day of January, 1802, he ordered that a forward move of all the land and nav. al lorces in the - Federal sewice should take pie ta, r,i 6kg.:Jahtj.pisfp same time the new- Commander-in-Chief also laid his plan for the capture of Richmond before his subordinate, General McClellan. It is sufficient to : say that McClellan saw the fatal errors involved in this plan and that he finally induced the President to" allow him to approach Richmond by a route affording water as a line of transportation and a base of supplies. That the former plan was fatal one has since been amply demonstrated by Burn-side. Pope, Meade, and Hooker, all of whom attempted it and were driven back with tremendous loss. Grant has been endeavoring to effect it during the past summer, and owing to his unconquerable perseverance, he succeeded to a greater extent than all diners, but at the expense of the most enormous sacrifices on record, anil without having gained a single point in the capture of the rebel capital. Not only was Gen. McClellan driven to move before . his armies had reached their proper size, but that essential portion of his plan which contemplated striking all around i he Confederacy at the same: moment was defeated. He did not wish to moye before April; yet, in February, Grant had captured Henry and Donelson, and without any concert as ' to time under the direction of. Lincoln, blows were being struck at various portions of the Confederacy. . Bein without unity as to time, these blows were availlees, for the reason that the Confederates, moving upon inner lines, were enabled with ease to concentrate their weak armies at the threatened points, and in this manner to offer effective resistance, The movement, of Gen. McClellan, from the time that he left Washington till he had placed his army nearer Richmond than any Federal array has ever been since, are well nnderstood. We will only allude to one thing in tne connection tnat is. universallr ' miauu- leretood by the people. It has been custom ary among all classes to regard the week of battles which succeeded the change of base to the James River as one of defeat and disgrace to the Federal arms. Never was there a great er error than: this; and never in the history -of oaiuea, in , mis or any country, nave there been, than in these greater exhibitions of he roism oh the part of soldiers, generalship on the part of commander, and success In tbe endeavor to accomplish a certain end. There is not to day, in all the glorious ; occurrences of niio war, u event wuico renecia m& mucn eredit upon the military genius of American generalship: there is no success In' our career which gleams with as bright a light as the movement by the Army of the Potomac from the Chickahominy to the' James ; River. -1 And ret it is almost uniyf really misunderstood save by those who rise; above partrean predudice and; view this h1ng with. a dispassionate It is very easily anderstood. v Owwe tout jealousy of Stanton and Lincoln , aed. the inv perttnent and. conBtant-ioterfereoce-of the lat-ter:leClUaa ibtfnd himselfwithout suffici ent force to sastaio. AM; position ini front. -f Hi eh mood. 'Reinforcements had been con- SUntly pTOMTsed bim and as eonstaritly toot eent.i'1 u was -reeeivfng- his goppi lea' rronx Whil Uodss tm the Pamunky Olive,. aad to retain this base be depended wpon ths troops under McDowell, who ffoarded bis ricrht dank. and thus prevented .the rebels, fromstriking his rear. " The President at tbwi moment with. drew McDowell tn Hhe dfrectioc Washiniv KmjKi in us left aictaeiian' rear es poseo; lie and ad troop ta reblaos thosa tmdsr Mc Dowell; IJacoln; eoald sot or would not seiid hita any reinforcements. What should hm doT ' Remain where b was 'and ' alio Vm nght tobe jurnedjand the safetv ot his mtire armv sndaaeredof change hfc base to pm point where c hts'tia of sOT)t)lies: e6oU bs se- coxssu RicbnMbd W taenaced ths sam k fr$rt,: :9f conrs th UttrtensV had. to be. chosen,. , - - , m,-.-. .. Everjbcx:1cnWs.thilkchanb who. an enemTrin rpnt M one or tDt,moriaiia Quit tfotlems in;touUryf lE&ience."rMnere oos force wi,1 iatceed Mr voibs lterV will IleCleaa . ezecated; tb is iaa&oavre---that OHIO : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, transferred his entire army to a new base on James River without the' loss of a Wagon or a gtmthat lie did ths in be fact of the most tremendous lattaeia of m soperior force continued .from day to day fraud that flnajhr, after having repulsed every attack, he reach fe.1 his new base witlr Bis arrnt and materiel. having in flic: ed upori the enemy twice Of thrice the loss iu men experienced by himself. And ret there are men stopid nd bigoted enough to pronounce this uneqoaled feat adis grace a disaster; -' - '-- ' ' It is unnecessary to follow McClellan's career, in detail .much : further. The public' knows it all. . ft irf known how he was removed from command; how he took the disorder ed and' defeated fragments f Pope's army, placed them in the pathway of the triumphant rebel hosts at Antietam and drove them back Into Virginia. But for McClellan at that critical moment Washington would have lieen captured, the North overrun, and Davis would have dictated at Faneil Hall terras .of peace to" a humiliated North. r There was but- one man in all the North who at that moment could infuse confidence into the dispirited fragments of the Federal army who dould infuse into a solid, resisting mass, the scattered elements of the Army rf the Potomac. Bht one single man in that hour could oppose the rebel army of invasion who could resist successfully the occupation of Philadelphia, the plunder of New York, and the overrunning of the entire North. That man was Md lellan. He had just been disgraced, humiliated, and would have been justified in allowing the administration to be overwhelmed by that ruin which it has so richly meritel4r fie magnanimously forgot .and forgave., lie came forward, placed himself in the breach, saveii the North from invasion, drove back the invader, and in a little while was once mors disgraced by the-.ungrateful government. . .: . . Snch is in brief an outline of the military career of one who to day Js second iq no mill.-tary genius of this or any other country. Ilis political life, although not as full of interwt as his military career has been as consistent iti every respect. Alwavs a democrat, he has ever been true to the principles of that party, carrying them with him not onlv in IocaI and national politics, but being governeil by their dictation in all his military enterprises. It was democracy that taught him that war should not be conducted against mere opinion that citizens jhould not be diettirhedin their property that the inetitnttons of States should not be interfered with, and that th force Of the Federal government should be .directed sgamst thos only who were in arms. .To il lustrate this feature in his character, and as a fitting close o this sketch, we cannot do', bet ter than give an extract from Gen. McClellan's letter to the President, dated at" Harrison's Landing, July 7th, 1862. It shows at once the character of a statesman, a soldier, a Chris. tian. and a gentleman: "This Rebellion has aunmed the character pi a war; as such it shot Id be .regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest prin ciples known to Christian civilization. Jt should not be a war lodiirr'fi'-it!i.ru?,i,-i tion of the people of ariyf .3-It should not '.be stall a v but iraint med :tr? htical executions of persons, territorial organ izations ot states or forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment. in prosecuting the war. ail private nrooertv and unarmed persons should be etrictlv protected, subject only to the necessity of m'ilitary operations. All private property taken for military usesuoul l be paid or receipted for pillage and waste should be treated as hieh crimes; all unnecessary trespass sternly pro hibited, and offensive demeanor by the milita ry towards citizens promptly rebuked. Mili tary arrests should not be tolerated, except in places where active hostilities exist, and oaths not required by enactments constitutionally made" should be neither demanded nor received. Militarv government chould be con fined to the preservation of public order and the protection of political right. Military re- power shoultl not le aIIowei to interfere with the relations of servitude, either by eappoTr ting or impairing the authority of tbe master. except for repressing disorder, as in other ca ses, 'alaves contraband under the act of Con gress, seeking military protection; should receive it. The light of the government to ap propriate permanent! r to - its own service claims to slave lalor should be asserted and the right of the owner to compensation therefor should be recognized. . . This principle might be extended upon grounds of military necessity and security to all the slaves of a particular State, thus work ing manumission in such fstste ; and in Mis- sonri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, and possibjy even in Maryland, the expeliency of sucq a measure is only a question 01 time. ' A systsm of policy thus constitutional, and prevaded by the-influence of Christianity and freedom would receive the suDDort of almost all truly loyal men would deeply impress the reuei masses ana . an roreign nations, ana u might be humbly hoped that it would commend itself, to the favor of the Almighty. Unless the principles governing the future eondoct of our : struggle v. shall be - made . known and approved, tbe effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost . hopeless. A declaration 'oft radical views, espcially upon slavery, will rap- Idly dMintegrate onr present armies.-' . . m The Dolicv of . the romrament ' mnst . be sn pporteQy concentration " of military power. The national force should not be dispersed in expeuitions,, posts, or occupation, andvnamer-ous armies : but slioald be mainlv ootlected into masses and brought to bear upon the ar mies or toe uonretierate states. Those armies thoroughly detested, the political structnre which theysnpport wonld soonjbeass to 'exist.' Ths HewYork Hevi and ita Tareftten- . Aue iciegrapo uiorms as tnat toe ewjL prx iTews'haa repudiated the nooiinatibn of Gene- rat J.cyjeiian, mjia avor is re-assemojing m the tiaWn tion ie nomVna another candidal. The reasoa assbxBed.4alhe objecti0oable char- aeter.of his letter of aeceptaoce. Atf an 6rigi- a. Feac Mper aed speaking, tsvwe believe. the. sentiments of the Western Democracy, we say to tbe.iiews that this eeggestion caiTnot be entertained: for one moment by-the people; Oeneral McClellan Is the regnlarly nomiaateil Democratie caodidate; and wmui 'prdfesstng Pemocrey should kave any 1 besitaney i preferring his election to that of Abraham, Ljaeoia, the only other alternative. CSa. JS. ' .V ; T7t art About is ZI0T9 pa Tcir'l hopic tfs art about to mover o tbeir worfes We intend td itdras them and aS lo .their fiae staff tbe CoasUtation cf cCr fatbeW so that all the world may see. t7 tis!Jre4sstaU courts: ladicjal wrUa free, press and tbrnciviapIP ances gii a reflated- ai frderfcr rovemnrent. Let them fTre awffy.There" is tor bno deminra Uo asws tsarchaadiisver rlisSTintll ViLiv Wecaled the ramparts of the Jtbolitioa ekadwl. SPEECH HOWi ALLEN . BEF0BS IHB OHZCAGO C0HVEHII02f. - . -... . " - : '-After the nomination of General McClellan by the Chicago Convention, and after Cror'er'Hot Horatio SeyTnourHon". C;.' L.Vallaridighani, Mr McKeon. Hon. L. W. Fowell, arid Mr Santsbnrjr, had spoken, the: President ittee aiid said Gentlemen oX"ihe Convention, we ate honored with the presence . here to-day of one whose reputation has evef stood higlr with the Americart peopkj and whose reputation is the more erideared to us from its connection with the memory of Andrew Jackson. Loud cheers.) I call upon Senator Allen, of Ohio, to addresa the Convention. " ; Mr. Allen, who was received with: enthnsias tic applause, epoke as. follows: : Gentblemex - op the Convention: J Men of America: Daring the last four years our rulers have- been so unfortunate as to make political and military mistakes, which have exposed this nation to the complicated dangers of disintegration, despotism and anarchy.-f Cheers. The people of the nation at large, irrespective of party badges and distinctions, have become appalled - at the dangers which threaten it in the near future and have looked around to find on earth some power' cable of rescuing them from these dangers to which they are exposed and by w.hich they are environed. They have found but one power, add that is the old Democracy of the United States.. Great cheering.' In obedience to the call xtf this endangered country, you have come forward here and tendered your services to aid the balance of your countrymen in the salvation of your country. Cries of "good" . and cheers. xoar deliberations are about to be brought to a conclusion; and, fully aware that it was the unhappy split in our ranks four years ago which "opened the. way for the ingress of this destructive power, you are bound by your own allegiance to the Constitution of your. country- -to close noux. ranks. and act unitedly,- as the sentiflaont with: regard . to . unimportant irrelevant issues, and with regard to the individuals named for the great office of President, in the end we behold , what we are about to enjoy the grand - consummation of the union of the Democratic party first,"- and then the . union of the States. Loud cheers. Whilst there is a. Democrat in this land whose reason is not obscured by error, . and whose heart is undaunted by danger, there need be no despair of the. Union or of the liberties of the people. The people have- done wisely in calling the Democracy to make this great effort for the country. I think, they have done Wisely, because our party, the great Democracy, can say what ho political party on earth can say that before the breaking dttt of our troubles and the commencement of the war it acquired all the territory of ' the Union, carried the cortntry successfully through two foreign wars, and so administered the government as to leave the people, at the end of its lengthened tenri of office, happy, prosperous and contented. Cheers. The States were then "all in their proper places within the Union, and under the Constitution; and that Constitution four years ago remairied as uncontamihated and unbroken as when it received the signature of the Fatkr of his Country. With such: .'a record for the party in the past,' what could the nation do, than to -see for itself that that body has - never ; betrayed ns, and that under its wise admin'istr'a- tion we prospered and were- happy. Under it.we put down" Haxtfotd .nnllifi cation without dewing drop" of blood. rCheerSil We never d rew a drop of blood, and we can aay what no government on' earth: can say, that nnder otfr administration peace and harmony prevailed, through . the country extended over thirty-four States; a space well nigh as large as the whole ox Europe ; occupied by It population made up from evil parts ofthe world, - epfeaking nearly all languages and entertaining all manner of religious sentiments, and spread over a land with'af diversity . p climate and having a variety df 'local Interests. " 7 We?maintined napp perity taa Jong as the Democratic "party had control of the goverttihent.V Ltjoud cheers.7 : We administered the coVerti- ment without havihg' drawn" a" dropr bf uiuw ivr a puuuvai uucuse.. . uur x resident put down two 5 such ' local difficul; ties as that whicKjeistedlnhe South in 1859 jwithoui eveadrawing;a-fwprdl Howrmny men,,! uJdrdikeftoiask, iwere nmrdeTed and how,4ong-;didthi civil war last, in pttjttin dgwn tha llar? ford Crentior Hftdlsonl w9. theri; inv . power, T7aerfe are tho "1 tbiSai'n-fcuridxed: thottsandaf nho :by fclat orders .lost y their Uves in putting, thst jbimrectioix dowji? hich tiureatsed?f i ! rcccda -ffrci,tie i by, irv.ta nevetinjured evea a prap ttnvUrnd cheers jxitHow ifciinBanti;Xhtf"oHna,?tI 1S64. then in power nJt President. Did he nrorder:bi3idfeda bf tfcbusaAdslof.xati? xens in order to get rid of that local difficulty? There was not a word of it; but . on . the contrary .to. appealed In a proclamation ' to the reasbii 'and sense of the people to maintain the Union and the country. He r did what every DemocratTlrad' denied Before him. and will do afterward-he assnrrJed the proposition that mankind! was capable of; selfgoVeramenV-nd . that hunian reason fas. sufficient tq uatntalsit without powder and steeh Lbud and enthusiastici cheering.J " , Tbillustrious and eminent gentle man who presides over the deliberations of this body, thre w5 bni , some remarks the other day, in his inaugural address, which, in my judgment, were eminently proper to be considered and acted upon by every Democrat. One of the difirculties irhbh you will have will be iri getting all the votes yon want, and tne way you can get them is by adopting the idea of our illustrious President in mis convention; ana tnat is to proclaim that we are not seeking power to massacre our enemies. : Not at all. The men of the south were never as well protected as we used to wrotect themv and they never will be protected as well as we will protect them if they will come back. States as well as individuals will be regarded; for otir administration, if elected by the Democratic party, will thereby be placed under the wholesome restraint and direction of Democratic instincts. fApplause.1 That adminis tration, instead of becoming the enemy and persecutor of any part of our people, will act like that celebrated woman in modern history, the first Catharine of Russia, a peasant girl born, by marriage with Peter the Great and upon the death of her husband", became the sole sovereign of the Russian Em- pire. . ine nrst act ot ner power was to issue an order that all the gallows and gibbets of the country, should be pulled- downi Tapplause--and that all the instruments of human torture should be broken, to pieces. Renewed cheering. . That is the spirit in which we commence this contest. We will have no Rastiles nut qd. lut we will have the present Bastiles opened and cleaned out, (Tremendous cheeringA X)ur ..TTiar' .1 i-ol wtthithImitirof lh',e &nfititutionbf every State, and, of every man, woman and child within the'sweejf of . our' flag. (Appladse.) In this spirit we will go into this contest. In this spirit we will present ourselves with a fascination so great that the timid Republicans, who are now afraid that we will be down urJon them with more taxes, will come to our camp and sit in protection under the broad aegis of the Constitution . and the law, as administered by the faithful interpreters of that Constitution, the Democratic .nominees. As matters stand we have been in somewhat of a predica ment for the last three or four years. rm.. '-rv ' -: . - . 1 j. no jemocraitic party during tnat time has been without any organized representation. With the exception of the btate of .New York and the smaller $ tate of New Jersey, there was not an or game, thing on this continent that was not against us. The Federal government, including the array and 'navy, was in the hands of Mr. Lincoln. State governments, with the two exceptions mentioned, were all air ainst us: and vet. with all this organic power, opposed to us, what do we behold! Why, we be hold a rising power, a spontaneous cur rent made up of the contributions of izf dividual wills, and: individual' feelinxrsi and that power is so ereat as to make Mr. Lincoln and his people in Washing ton tremble in their bobtsi (Cheers) We hate not a musket; we att't Want anv -we don't need anv. - We ha"te the ballot-box, we have ticket ;e J&te htf man reason, andtll we ask of Mr. Lid- coin it that he will keep the ftrad to the ballot-berz: unobstructed by fraud or forced that be will make the road to the people give tis si Clean ticket arid fair count? ouf; (Ladgfatetl and applause.) That is wlraf : vTe -Wanf .We do not care how many revolvers he -has so that he - will just - keep theta away from the people We want him o do that. Mark yorft - We don't watrt Mta to interfere, and ddtt't think jbe will try it'afW-tbt9 deTj9owtratkrri : ; Nrmyfrlen i fcndvf; hakrloue yon ail are to get through tntb:tbe glpriohs doings of this day. -"I am not going 10 uetam you . .nor am A KOlpg ticket. ng else. norilL Dut'I'willdo it with all mr ?hearL -with all nry nrfgbt,'and-with all cheerfulneas. I once voted fiaWan onthe Demo cratic trcket for- QOTgrwSiajjoTMel to Iffpeaifi, to binvasVl jretnToed. from: the pplU.becacso h was oa ticket; and, altfay.caTO iakia HJqxi graatad, .tiat whatever, happens ia,4the .oxld, God, ir3 the peopltsra tefrXXong-- Applaase, l cz herejirithoalLttty rTirr-rt 't!at.tha-i!es?-i. f cthweUbeirrstedETX msSTt thaanw f yrJuc ecsjacf csr frisris to say that I Will stfjrport the ' Grtai God! T' I never did;anytW rCfieeTlirmn6Vt'only sup .is I trrr havacrLttrtciaR'rrtfd I wUhoct f.zs I Ctlrl NUMBER why.- r We hat had resideats f tha United States before this ch commahd ed ths whole army and navy, and wctw vtotorioixs Oenerab. Did ther"do Cf any harm? Did Andrew ' Jackson en-alave bis country? fLoud and enthuai'-astic ebeering.) - tJid he employ armleJ to silence the clamors of a few factions in South Carolinaf Not at alb Hov inany iseai did he send tor the XSastSet Hot one. - Ut as a military man, witJl military lastincta as strong as Oeneral McClellan. and with this diererice: thai Jackson came in upon his own popular! lty arid McQIeJIan. caa been , suggested by the perilous condition of the country for reasons, all of" whieh bate been gif en to" the people; but it toake no direr ence whether they have been given id the people or not there m i secrjt m stinct in the breast of every Demo2rai whrchf at night, when he is alone 'and passes his eye " over the darkened atv peel of this country, will lead him to feel and see a reason to have some per son of McClellan a stripe near at hand. (Applause.) Do you understand tti The army, this great citizen arayi does not pelong to any one man in Uas country. It belongs to the people; it is a part of the :popTe; It is under the patronage and protection of the people attd the army ; will know what 'wv want. Very well. They .know, that wa don't intend ttf aay to thetxr, Go bnyott brutes, into the field; no matter how many thousands of you are slaughtered to-day, 1 will draw a drag-net through the country and haul up as many mere to be slaughtered to-morrow.? - (Loud cheers.) Kothing of that .' kind. Wa don't want a cold-blooded joker at Waab ington. who, while the Pistrict of Co lumbid is infested with hospital, and the atmosphere burdened by the groans and signs of our mangled countrymen when he can spare a minute from Joe Miller 'a Jest Book; looks out upon tho ocres of hospitals and inquires 4fWhal houses are those?' ' We want a man who can entertain a proper appreciation of their sufleriBgs a man who knows what a soldier moans when he points t a missing aim . and sayti Thi arm was lost at such a battle;" or irabing mutilated handj saysi "This li&nd was fractured at such a battle this limb was broken it such battle" where I fought at your order irt defence of the Government cf ry country, as you told McClellan he will cot be answered in1 ribald joke. The soldiers all undenting this thing They know what the Deo-ocratio party means; that, so long as the army exist under Democratic rule, tha brave children of the country who havo enrolled themselves trrider its banners will be respected,- regarded an d eared for, their pensions paid, their families provided for, because there will be scons humanity as well as blood in this busi. ness. There will be no call upon .bXf a million of young men to go and be cut to pieces under any pretence, hashed worse than animals, worse than the & man gladiators, and then come badr to be put off with ajest. (Cheers.) They will all know, every one of -them,' that Gen. McClellan is no joker, and will know, every one of them, when they are told to fight, that it will be for' something -that is constitutional tod legitimate, and When they are told. tS fighting is ended they will be willing tc? say, "Wei! General, Mr, President, X expect yow are about right.". Willia-ly and cheerfally they will aoqniescw ta the cteeis2on,' of the nation as exhibited in the person of the President. ; Th arnty will throw up their caps in spits of sdbordinatesj because the election-ef General McClellan will reconnect thea with. . gentleman. Hitherto orders have been issued and plans devised t Wlotf the army from, the jople to sepefate them and array them against each other",- and that has-been the great danger dfrthe last four years" -JhU tote irUX .reconneci the amy" with ihe peopley and givejthe civil the trassat antbjotity over "the military of the cten-try (Loud cheers. 1 iir - V" - ' 5 . t The Soldiers ff XieCleZs. General lleCIellsn ' was always ta tdot $1-tb army, and is so stillt- Assa reataace of their feeliagVead the CsOowbx frocith 2Tw EJaven (Ot.) SefteT: r ,. -1 Th (7. S. traneport Oeweral SaJwlcS lsy ts3 Loos" Wharf, yesterday afernoosj, whea taa' saints ia Aenor of .HedsQan' eor-hiiU wasWin; fiied widr 600 scMier oa board, boond io froftt.' As CJTZni gnA echoed ever" the bey, oae elB soklierr bailed 5a boat tor know &at lbs Bring was forf "Oe being tokJ bf threw his cap; 3n the -air. aad Cr three' cheers for -Lrttle JIae. InatnaW bs was ewrotroded'by bit eoteradee, wbea a-calf was ttads for "tiifse inertK aJtbrte. morel- and Sf V'$JI4 stars -which Wtre ffreo wits ench a will as to ft sard FWt street. 2J pt a ehetr t UotCa rj -tst . JjiaeoJs and she4djetract!feiV irosHslad enteksrs sad raty rk, s ft Coeetiat is roosed fSr IZZ'. , ieet?clt frtctKdsrri tad V zizz Ltaaie; U all -fzru e f theT -r . wrihcctir; jmVn-e-,:c.t- the 1-a cr' ttr c... "; I : C .cK- j : ?! h t:-- f . t '

- ' - m - i n 1 I M Ml II ' . i . . . i , i , .. - .nir.r ' i ,. . '-''' I ....-rn 1 ' III I III ' -Amfmm-,. ,.., f) -r - f . - . . . . . . ' '" ." - . .' . " - .. ' "; ' : " ' 'IS rVBUSBED BJBmT ATT1AT nojinr IT ,,L;:.;:t;;BmEm';; ; Ctfleeila Wom1 ward Blockt 8d Story. TKKSfS-Two Dolliri peir'atiaam, f7blin d- $20 within six months; $3.00 fter the Mpi mlpmfthe-7M.' , ; S DlOORAPniCJX sketch V 07 THE LIFE OF : ' P. UcClclIan, OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. . From the Chicago Times. Althotieh younff Gen. McClellan's George life has been, so eventful that it includes far more than falls to the experience of ordinary people during an existence prolonged to the utmost limits allotted to men. A youth in years,.but a veteran in experience, his life affords ample materials for a volume; hence, in the .sketch "which we now present, much is omitted of interest, while.' those points given are necessarily shorn of evey- thing save the bare mention of their . existence. ',.;.. , .'..George Brinton McClkllan was born in Philadelphia in 1826, and is, therefore, now about 88 years of age, Ilis father was an eminent physician and surgeon in that city, and for many Tears occupied a chair in one of the Professorships of the Jefferson Medical Institute. The elevated position attained and so long held by Dr. McClel-lan is, were other evidence wanting, a-sufficient guarantee , of the great ability of him who was the sire of the present democratic candidate for the highest : office in the gift of the people of the .United States. That the son inherited all, the high intellectual characteristics " of the father is evident from the great .success which has thus far attended his . numerous Titanic and comprehensive efforts . Of the early life of the present Gen-. -eral, wc know nothing save that he attended for sometime tho University of Pennsylvania, and at tho remarkably premature, ago of 16 years he entered vVest Point. Four years after, he graduated second in his class, and in July of the same year (1864) hVenter- , ot.,Jbngineers. His application and ability are . indicated by the high position he obtained in his i class and the . .early period of his graduation being then only twenty years" of age. 7 Soon after this he was ordered to Mexico, taking service at first as Lieutenant of Sappers and Miners and Pon-toniers. He was in Gen. Worth's divis-, ion it Vera Cruz, and for his gallan try was mentioned with high favor in the official reports. At Cerro Gordo and the City of Mexico he was attached t Gen. Twiggs' division and received special mention for gallant beharior; at Contreras and Cherubusco his conspicuous gallantry won him the brevet of 1st Lieutenant, and at Molino del Rev he was offered, but declined, the brevet of Captain. . A little later he was tendcr-ed the samo . position for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at Chapultepec and accepted it, taking command of the .company in which he had hitherto served. As will be een by this brief recapitulation, his services in the Mexican war were so conspicuously gallant in every . action - of prominence during that war as to secure for him either the v compliment of favorable official mention, or the more substantial one of pro-emotion. Thus early did he develop the . .germs of that great military genius . which has made him to-day one of the first commanders of the age. ,t r After, peace, was concluded with Mex-jcoie.was ordered to, West Point as ,, .Director of Field Labors and Instruc-.1, tor of the Bayonet : Exercise. , In 1851 L he: seruitended the construction of l Fort, Delaware, and in 1852 he was en-gaged , oi; ai exploring expedition up -3 . Red . River. t Towards , the close of the .. same year he. accompanied Gen. Persi-fer F. Smith to Texas, upon an expedition to survey the' rivers and harbors r of. that S tate, acting as Senior Engi n- eer. ' ' : ; - , " In the spring of 1853 and 54 lie was cnaSd ia rail road and other surreys; including an exploration bf a portion Of the Oascado'. Range for the proposed Pacific Railway, and a report upon the ncOjtratioTi; eqtupmenVhd so forth, of farions railways in the7 United States. Al thy (blofe of a854, ne was 'sentr b -'" tlregovcrmnent ovL 1 V secret mission" to rBaa iDotumW and adjacent islands,do--1tingwhrch''5e,1coIlected af Vast amount of topographical and other Information. '"J in l&oo no was- commissi onea as ua&- tain in the 1st Cavulrr. and in 1856 'Me accorapanie'd Majcnrsl)elafield and Mpr-decai'to the Criea,Lt observe and re port npon the conflict thett w'ISgl6? Detween - Kussia-on the -one hand, and - Encland. JFrance. ;and iTnrkeon the - nHisreportwaa rrintcp,vtdvi i-v"rv weuvwae-spreaa anasnrpris- enneeandviWr vu.. a reisuia msiniT ui ins how well he had comprehended these important branches; This work' has obtained favorable recognition not merely in this country but in Europe,; and it immediately gave the writer a high position among the best military minds on both sides of the Atlantic. ; Early in 1857 he resigned hiB position in the army and "removed to this city, and for three years filled the responsible position of Vice President, and Engineer of the Db'nois Central Rail road.- In 1860 he resigned his position on the Illinois Central Railroad and removed to .Cincinnati, where he was appointed General Superintendent of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. A little latter he was made President of the Eastern Division of the same road, which position he occupied at the breaking out of the present rebellion. In May, 1861, the . States of Ohio, Indiana, aud Illinois were placed in the "Department of the Ohio," and its command given to Major General Mc-Clellan," who had thus been commissioned in the Ohio Volunteers by the Governor of that State. He at once entered upon the duties of his new position, and as fast as possible proceeded to the organization of the nine months' Ohio Volunteers. The same month several bodies of rebels made their appearance in Western Virginia, and threatened the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Gen. McClellan at once took measures to prevent the threatened interuption. That Gen. McClellan, in thus entering zealously upon the war, did so from a sincere desire to prevent the disruption of the country, is undoubted. His first address to the Union men of West Virginia shows that he in no wise entertained a suspicion of the fanatical purposes to which the war was now to be perverted by the administration. In this address he says: I have orilered troops to ciwa the river. The come as voiir frieiwU and )-our Hrothera an enemies only to armeJ rebels who are preying upon yon. Your homes, your families, and your property are safe under onr protection. All yoar rights shall be relijrioiily respected. "Notwithstanding all that has been said br the traitors to induce you to believe that our advent among you will be signalized by inter.' Terence with jour elavea, understand one thins clearly not only will we abstain from all such interference, but we will, on the contrary, with ai iron handr crush any attempt at insurrection on their part.v dress to his army, in which he says: "I pi -ice under the safeguard of your honor the persons and property of the Virginians. I know that you will respect their teehngs and all their rights. Preserre the strictest discipline; remember that each one of yon holds in his keeping the honor of Ohio and of the Union.; VI f.you are called upon to overcome armed opposition, I know that your courage is equal to the tank, hut remember that your only foe are the armd traitors, and show mercy even to them when they are in your power, for many of them are misguided.' Th us early did Gen. McClellan indicate that he entered upon the war, not to subvert the institutions of the South, or to conduct a crusade against unarmed citizens, but singly and solely to crnsh treason in arms. Who doubts that had this policy been adhered toJ the rebellion would to day have been a thing of the past and the Union to-day than it was ere the attempt had been made to disrupt it ? The campaign in Virginia and its complete success are so well known that we need not give its details special at tention. Suffice it that by July 14th, in less than two months, he completely cleared West Virginia of rebels, having killed, captured and dispersed all the opposition that held that portion of the State,' with a most insignificant loss to the Federal forces. It was bne of the most masterly campaigns of the present war. For a special object it was originated, and that object in a little more than a month was accomplished, inclu ding. every single detail. It evinced so much masterly ability that the commander at once achieved a national reputation, and in response to a universal demand he was called to Washington to assist in repairing the disaster of Bull Bun, which just then had fallen with crushing effect upon the nation. He was at once given the command of Washington ' and "the Department "of Northeastern Virginia, and he immedi ately set to work to bring order out of tne cnaos that there prevailed, mad an army out of the nnwieldly-mob then aa now known as" the Army of the -Potom ac. 'Before taking leave of the Depart ment of West Vlrgfnla-it rnay be added, 1 the Missisippi River, which snggestioh was atterwards carried into effect, with a resnlt whose benefit iir so enicnown than n6tling more thinf a niere allnsion upon a&suminff' command at 'Wash ington, Gen. McClellan'at cce'propos ed a cOrapTehenslTej' plan' td Ithe Presi- wa utb, arop au attempts save those directed atrainat the reb'ekin aTmsrand.aeeondV.fto raise m wray of vwv uwww ana eignt thousaod ;xnen, whifilf rf houhLv, t a civen time" Jatrika thfi rebellion aAosen dierent points; MOUNT VERNON, : have been completely extihguished-i- His policy of conciliating . those not in; arms, would have prevented the?' Confederate leaders from raising formida-able armies, while" the enormous physical superiority which; lie" proposed to use would have found the rebellion in its infancy and weakness and would have crushed it without difficulty. ; When he assumed command at Washington, the entire effective Federal force in the . vicinity of Washington was about 40,000 men. It was the same mob that had inst been routed at Manassas, and was without arms, discipline, or-spirit, To increase this force, discipline it, and to produce uniformi ty in the guns, artillery, ammunition, and equipment, were the . first steps taken by the new commander. Departments, Quartermasters, ordinanee, .. medieal subsistence, telegraphic &c., were either entirely lacking or in a state of inefficiency that rendered them worse than uselesss. Ail these had to be created; and yet, with an army of only 50,000 men in this condition, and with these multifarious and onerous duties to be performed, there are -people, who find fault because McClellan dvj, not at once advance and annihilate a victorious rebel army of LOO, 000 men tht occupied a strong position not far from Washington. It is scarcely necessary to write in detail of this portion of Gen. : McC1ellaft.,s. career, -so well are ita details known to the public. vast and comprehensive plan for operating against the rebellion was devised by the new commander. He indicated in -this plan points in every portion of the southern States whose possession was vital to the existence of the Confederacy, and which, once wrested from the Confederates, would give the death-blow to their cause. Suffice it that dear experience has since taught how supreme was the wisdom which thus early pointed. out the weak links in the- Confederate cordon of defence. Ever since, the Federal armies, with more or ls success, but without unanimity as to time, have been fighting for the possession of these very points and no others. . Gen. McClellan's logical idea of organizing an army large enough to assail in force all these various points, and also to weaken the then inconsiderable Condfederate armies by forcing them to defend al these positions from a simultaneous attack, was defeated through the impatience of the. people for an onward movement, and the injudicious interference of President Lincoln and tKe jealously of Secretary Stanton and other aspiring officials. Long before General McClellan had raised his armies to the size required for the the simultaneous movement; long even before thoe? he did have were more than half disciplined, or their varions military departments had been more than, half resurrected from, ehaos, Mr. .Lincoln assunjed command of the armies, and on the 27th day of January, 1802, he ordered that a forward move of all the land and nav. al lorces in the - Federal sewice should take pie ta, r,i 6kg.:Jahtj.pisfp same time the new- Commander-in-Chief also laid his plan for the capture of Richmond before his subordinate, General McClellan. It is sufficient to : say that McClellan saw the fatal errors involved in this plan and that he finally induced the President to" allow him to approach Richmond by a route affording water as a line of transportation and a base of supplies. That the former plan was fatal one has since been amply demonstrated by Burn-side. Pope, Meade, and Hooker, all of whom attempted it and were driven back with tremendous loss. Grant has been endeavoring to effect it during the past summer, and owing to his unconquerable perseverance, he succeeded to a greater extent than all diners, but at the expense of the most enormous sacrifices on record, anil without having gained a single point in the capture of the rebel capital. Not only was Gen. McClellan driven to move before . his armies had reached their proper size, but that essential portion of his plan which contemplated striking all around i he Confederacy at the same: moment was defeated. He did not wish to moye before April; yet, in February, Grant had captured Henry and Donelson, and without any concert as ' to time under the direction of. Lincoln, blows were being struck at various portions of the Confederacy. . Bein without unity as to time, these blows were availlees, for the reason that the Confederates, moving upon inner lines, were enabled with ease to concentrate their weak armies at the threatened points, and in this manner to offer effective resistance, The movement, of Gen. McClellan, from the time that he left Washington till he had placed his army nearer Richmond than any Federal array has ever been since, are well nnderstood. We will only allude to one thing in tne connection tnat is. universallr ' miauu- leretood by the people. It has been custom ary among all classes to regard the week of battles which succeeded the change of base to the James River as one of defeat and disgrace to the Federal arms. Never was there a great er error than: this; and never in the history -of oaiuea, in , mis or any country, nave there been, than in these greater exhibitions of he roism oh the part of soldiers, generalship on the part of commander, and success In tbe endeavor to accomplish a certain end. There is not to day, in all the glorious ; occurrences of niio war, u event wuico renecia m& mucn eredit upon the military genius of American generalship: there is no success In' our career which gleams with as bright a light as the movement by the Army of the Potomac from the Chickahominy to the' James ; River. -1 And ret it is almost uniyf really misunderstood save by those who rise; above partrean predudice and; view this h1ng with. a dispassionate It is very easily anderstood. v Owwe tout jealousy of Stanton and Lincoln , aed. the inv perttnent and. conBtant-ioterfereoce-of the lat-ter:leClUaa ibtfnd himselfwithout suffici ent force to sastaio. AM; position ini front. -f Hi eh mood. 'Reinforcements had been con- SUntly pTOMTsed bim and as eonstaritly toot eent.i'1 u was -reeeivfng- his goppi lea' rronx Whil Uodss tm the Pamunky Olive,. aad to retain this base be depended wpon ths troops under McDowell, who ffoarded bis ricrht dank. and thus prevented .the rebels, fromstriking his rear. " The President at tbwi moment with. drew McDowell tn Hhe dfrectioc Washiniv KmjKi in us left aictaeiian' rear es poseo; lie and ad troop ta reblaos thosa tmdsr Mc Dowell; IJacoln; eoald sot or would not seiid hita any reinforcements. What should hm doT ' Remain where b was 'and ' alio Vm nght tobe jurnedjand the safetv ot his mtire armv sndaaeredof change hfc base to pm point where c hts'tia of sOT)t)lies: e6oU bs se- coxssu RicbnMbd W taenaced ths sam k fr$rt,: :9f conrs th UttrtensV had. to be. chosen,. , - - , m,-.-. .. Everjbcx:1cnWs.thilkchanb who. an enemTrin rpnt M one or tDt,moriaiia Quit tfotlems in;touUryf lE&ience."rMnere oos force wi,1 iatceed Mr voibs lterV will IleCleaa . ezecated; tb is iaa&oavre---that OHIO : SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, transferred his entire army to a new base on James River without the' loss of a Wagon or a gtmthat lie did ths in be fact of the most tremendous lattaeia of m soperior force continued .from day to day fraud that flnajhr, after having repulsed every attack, he reach fe.1 his new base witlr Bis arrnt and materiel. having in flic: ed upori the enemy twice Of thrice the loss iu men experienced by himself. And ret there are men stopid nd bigoted enough to pronounce this uneqoaled feat adis grace a disaster; -' - '-- ' ' It is unnecessary to follow McClellan's career, in detail .much : further. The public' knows it all. . ft irf known how he was removed from command; how he took the disorder ed and' defeated fragments f Pope's army, placed them in the pathway of the triumphant rebel hosts at Antietam and drove them back Into Virginia. But for McClellan at that critical moment Washington would have lieen captured, the North overrun, and Davis would have dictated at Faneil Hall terras .of peace to" a humiliated North. r There was but- one man in all the North who at that moment could infuse confidence into the dispirited fragments of the Federal army who dould infuse into a solid, resisting mass, the scattered elements of the Army rf the Potomac. Bht one single man in that hour could oppose the rebel army of invasion who could resist successfully the occupation of Philadelphia, the plunder of New York, and the overrunning of the entire North. That man was Md lellan. He had just been disgraced, humiliated, and would have been justified in allowing the administration to be overwhelmed by that ruin which it has so richly meritel4r fie magnanimously forgot .and forgave., lie came forward, placed himself in the breach, saveii the North from invasion, drove back the invader, and in a little while was once mors disgraced by the-.ungrateful government. . .: . . Snch is in brief an outline of the military career of one who to day Js second iq no mill.-tary genius of this or any other country. Ilis political life, although not as full of interwt as his military career has been as consistent iti every respect. Alwavs a democrat, he has ever been true to the principles of that party, carrying them with him not onlv in IocaI and national politics, but being governeil by their dictation in all his military enterprises. It was democracy that taught him that war should not be conducted against mere opinion that citizens jhould not be diettirhedin their property that the inetitnttons of States should not be interfered with, and that th force Of the Federal government should be .directed sgamst thos only who were in arms. .To il lustrate this feature in his character, and as a fitting close o this sketch, we cannot do', bet ter than give an extract from Gen. McClellan's letter to the President, dated at" Harrison's Landing, July 7th, 1862. It shows at once the character of a statesman, a soldier, a Chris. tian. and a gentleman: "This Rebellion has aunmed the character pi a war; as such it shot Id be .regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest prin ciples known to Christian civilization. Jt should not be a war lodiirr'fi'-it!i.ru?,i,-i tion of the people of ariyf .3-It should not '.be stall a v but iraint med :tr? htical executions of persons, territorial organ izations ot states or forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment. in prosecuting the war. ail private nrooertv and unarmed persons should be etrictlv protected, subject only to the necessity of m'ilitary operations. All private property taken for military usesuoul l be paid or receipted for pillage and waste should be treated as hieh crimes; all unnecessary trespass sternly pro hibited, and offensive demeanor by the milita ry towards citizens promptly rebuked. Mili tary arrests should not be tolerated, except in places where active hostilities exist, and oaths not required by enactments constitutionally made" should be neither demanded nor received. Militarv government chould be con fined to the preservation of public order and the protection of political right. Military re- power shoultl not le aIIowei to interfere with the relations of servitude, either by eappoTr ting or impairing the authority of tbe master. except for repressing disorder, as in other ca ses, 'alaves contraband under the act of Con gress, seeking military protection; should receive it. The light of the government to ap propriate permanent! r to - its own service claims to slave lalor should be asserted and the right of the owner to compensation therefor should be recognized. . . This principle might be extended upon grounds of military necessity and security to all the slaves of a particular State, thus work ing manumission in such fstste ; and in Mis- sonri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, and possibjy even in Maryland, the expeliency of sucq a measure is only a question 01 time. ' A systsm of policy thus constitutional, and prevaded by the-influence of Christianity and freedom would receive the suDDort of almost all truly loyal men would deeply impress the reuei masses ana . an roreign nations, ana u might be humbly hoped that it would commend itself, to the favor of the Almighty. Unless the principles governing the future eondoct of our : struggle v. shall be - made . known and approved, tbe effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost . hopeless. A declaration 'oft radical views, espcially upon slavery, will rap- Idly dMintegrate onr present armies.-' . . m The Dolicv of . the romrament ' mnst . be sn pporteQy concentration " of military power. The national force should not be dispersed in expeuitions,, posts, or occupation, andvnamer-ous armies : but slioald be mainlv ootlected into masses and brought to bear upon the ar mies or toe uonretierate states. Those armies thoroughly detested, the political structnre which theysnpport wonld soonjbeass to 'exist.' Ths HewYork Hevi and ita Tareftten- . Aue iciegrapo uiorms as tnat toe ewjL prx iTews'haa repudiated the nooiinatibn of Gene- rat J.cyjeiian, mjia avor is re-assemojing m the tiaWn tion ie nomVna another candidal. The reasoa assbxBed.4alhe objecti0oable char- aeter.of his letter of aeceptaoce. Atf an 6rigi- a. Feac Mper aed speaking, tsvwe believe. the. sentiments of the Western Democracy, we say to tbe.iiews that this eeggestion caiTnot be entertained: for one moment by-the people; Oeneral McClellan Is the regnlarly nomiaateil Democratie caodidate; and wmui 'prdfesstng Pemocrey should kave any 1 besitaney i preferring his election to that of Abraham, Ljaeoia, the only other alternative. CSa. JS. ' .V ; T7t art About is ZI0T9 pa Tcir'l hopic tfs art about to mover o tbeir worfes We intend td itdras them and aS lo .their fiae staff tbe CoasUtation cf cCr fatbeW so that all the world may see. t7 tis!Jre4sstaU courts: ladicjal wrUa free, press and tbrnciviapIP ances gii a reflated- ai frderfcr rovemnrent. Let them fTre awffy.There" is tor bno deminra Uo asws tsarchaadiisver rlisSTintll ViLiv Wecaled the ramparts of the Jtbolitioa ekadwl. SPEECH HOWi ALLEN . BEF0BS IHB OHZCAGO C0HVEHII02f. - . -... . " - : '-After the nomination of General McClellan by the Chicago Convention, and after Cror'er'Hot Horatio SeyTnourHon". C;.' L.Vallaridighani, Mr McKeon. Hon. L. W. Fowell, arid Mr Santsbnrjr, had spoken, the: President ittee aiid said Gentlemen oX"ihe Convention, we ate honored with the presence . here to-day of one whose reputation has evef stood higlr with the Americart peopkj and whose reputation is the more erideared to us from its connection with the memory of Andrew Jackson. Loud cheers.) I call upon Senator Allen, of Ohio, to addresa the Convention. " ; Mr. Allen, who was received with: enthnsias tic applause, epoke as. follows: : Gentblemex - op the Convention: J Men of America: Daring the last four years our rulers have- been so unfortunate as to make political and military mistakes, which have exposed this nation to the complicated dangers of disintegration, despotism and anarchy.-f Cheers. The people of the nation at large, irrespective of party badges and distinctions, have become appalled - at the dangers which threaten it in the near future and have looked around to find on earth some power' cable of rescuing them from these dangers to which they are exposed and by w.hich they are environed. They have found but one power, add that is the old Democracy of the United States.. Great cheering.' In obedience to the call xtf this endangered country, you have come forward here and tendered your services to aid the balance of your countrymen in the salvation of your country. Cries of "good" . and cheers. xoar deliberations are about to be brought to a conclusion; and, fully aware that it was the unhappy split in our ranks four years ago which "opened the. way for the ingress of this destructive power, you are bound by your own allegiance to the Constitution of your. country- -to close noux. ranks. and act unitedly,- as the sentiflaont with: regard . to . unimportant irrelevant issues, and with regard to the individuals named for the great office of President, in the end we behold , what we are about to enjoy the grand - consummation of the union of the Democratic party first,"- and then the . union of the States. Loud cheers. Whilst there is a. Democrat in this land whose reason is not obscured by error, . and whose heart is undaunted by danger, there need be no despair of the. Union or of the liberties of the people. The people have- done wisely in calling the Democracy to make this great effort for the country. I think, they have done Wisely, because our party, the great Democracy, can say what ho political party on earth can say that before the breaking dttt of our troubles and the commencement of the war it acquired all the territory of ' the Union, carried the cortntry successfully through two foreign wars, and so administered the government as to leave the people, at the end of its lengthened tenri of office, happy, prosperous and contented. Cheers. The States were then "all in their proper places within the Union, and under the Constitution; and that Constitution four years ago remairied as uncontamihated and unbroken as when it received the signature of the Fatkr of his Country. With such: .'a record for the party in the past,' what could the nation do, than to -see for itself that that body has - never ; betrayed ns, and that under its wise admin'istr'a- tion we prospered and were- happy. Under it.we put down" Haxtfotd .nnllifi cation without dewing drop" of blood. rCheerSil We never d rew a drop of blood, and we can aay what no government on' earth: can say, that nnder otfr administration peace and harmony prevailed, through . the country extended over thirty-four States; a space well nigh as large as the whole ox Europe ; occupied by It population made up from evil parts ofthe world, - epfeaking nearly all languages and entertaining all manner of religious sentiments, and spread over a land with'af diversity . p climate and having a variety df 'local Interests. " 7 We?maintined napp perity taa Jong as the Democratic "party had control of the goverttihent.V Ltjoud cheers.7 : We administered the coVerti- ment without havihg' drawn" a" dropr bf uiuw ivr a puuuvai uucuse.. . uur x resident put down two 5 such ' local difficul; ties as that whicKjeistedlnhe South in 1859 jwithoui eveadrawing;a-fwprdl Howrmny men,,! uJdrdikeftoiask, iwere nmrdeTed and how,4ong-;didthi civil war last, in pttjttin dgwn tha llar? ford Crentior Hftdlsonl w9. theri; inv . power, T7aerfe are tho "1 tbiSai'n-fcuridxed: thottsandaf nho :by fclat orders .lost y their Uves in putting, thst jbimrectioix dowji? hich tiureatsed?f i ! rcccda -ffrci,tie i by, irv.ta nevetinjured evea a prap ttnvUrnd cheers jxitHow ifciinBanti;Xhtf"oHna,?tI 1S64. then in power nJt President. Did he nrorder:bi3idfeda bf tfcbusaAdslof.xati? xens in order to get rid of that local difficulty? There was not a word of it; but . on . the contrary .to. appealed In a proclamation ' to the reasbii 'and sense of the people to maintain the Union and the country. He r did what every DemocratTlrad' denied Before him. and will do afterward-he assnrrJed the proposition that mankind! was capable of; selfgoVeramenV-nd . that hunian reason fas. sufficient tq uatntalsit without powder and steeh Lbud and enthusiastici cheering.J " , Tbillustrious and eminent gentle man who presides over the deliberations of this body, thre w5 bni , some remarks the other day, in his inaugural address, which, in my judgment, were eminently proper to be considered and acted upon by every Democrat. One of the difirculties irhbh you will have will be iri getting all the votes yon want, and tne way you can get them is by adopting the idea of our illustrious President in mis convention; ana tnat is to proclaim that we are not seeking power to massacre our enemies. : Not at all. The men of the south were never as well protected as we used to wrotect themv and they never will be protected as well as we will protect them if they will come back. States as well as individuals will be regarded; for otir administration, if elected by the Democratic party, will thereby be placed under the wholesome restraint and direction of Democratic instincts. fApplause.1 That adminis tration, instead of becoming the enemy and persecutor of any part of our people, will act like that celebrated woman in modern history, the first Catharine of Russia, a peasant girl born, by marriage with Peter the Great and upon the death of her husband", became the sole sovereign of the Russian Em- pire. . ine nrst act ot ner power was to issue an order that all the gallows and gibbets of the country, should be pulled- downi Tapplause--and that all the instruments of human torture should be broken, to pieces. Renewed cheering. . That is the spirit in which we commence this contest. We will have no Rastiles nut qd. lut we will have the present Bastiles opened and cleaned out, (Tremendous cheeringA X)ur ..TTiar' .1 i-ol wtthithImitirof lh',e &nfititutionbf every State, and, of every man, woman and child within the'sweejf of . our' flag. (Appladse.) In this spirit we will go into this contest. In this spirit we will present ourselves with a fascination so great that the timid Republicans, who are now afraid that we will be down urJon them with more taxes, will come to our camp and sit in protection under the broad aegis of the Constitution . and the law, as administered by the faithful interpreters of that Constitution, the Democratic .nominees. As matters stand we have been in somewhat of a predica ment for the last three or four years. rm.. '-rv ' -: . - . 1 j. no jemocraitic party during tnat time has been without any organized representation. With the exception of the btate of .New York and the smaller $ tate of New Jersey, there was not an or game, thing on this continent that was not against us. The Federal government, including the array and 'navy, was in the hands of Mr. Lincoln. State governments, with the two exceptions mentioned, were all air ainst us: and vet. with all this organic power, opposed to us, what do we behold! Why, we be hold a rising power, a spontaneous cur rent made up of the contributions of izf dividual wills, and: individual' feelinxrsi and that power is so ereat as to make Mr. Lincoln and his people in Washing ton tremble in their bobtsi (Cheers) We hate not a musket; we att't Want anv -we don't need anv. - We ha"te the ballot-box, we have ticket ;e J&te htf man reason, andtll we ask of Mr. Lid- coin it that he will keep the ftrad to the ballot-berz: unobstructed by fraud or forced that be will make the road to the people give tis si Clean ticket arid fair count? ouf; (Ladgfatetl and applause.) That is wlraf : vTe -Wanf .We do not care how many revolvers he -has so that he - will just - keep theta away from the people We want him o do that. Mark yorft - We don't watrt Mta to interfere, and ddtt't think jbe will try it'afW-tbt9 deTj9owtratkrri : ; Nrmyfrlen i fcndvf; hakrloue yon ail are to get through tntb:tbe glpriohs doings of this day. -"I am not going 10 uetam you . .nor am A KOlpg ticket. ng else. norilL Dut'I'willdo it with all mr ?hearL -with all nry nrfgbt,'and-with all cheerfulneas. I once voted fiaWan onthe Demo cratic trcket for- QOTgrwSiajjoTMel to Iffpeaifi, to binvasVl jretnToed. from: the pplU.becacso h was oa ticket; and, altfay.caTO iakia HJqxi graatad, .tiat whatever, happens ia,4the .oxld, God, ir3 the peopltsra tefrXXong-- Applaase, l cz herejirithoalLttty rTirr-rt 't!at.tha-i!es?-i. f cthweUbeirrstedETX msSTt thaanw f yrJuc ecsjacf csr frisris to say that I Will stfjrport the ' Grtai God! T' I never did;anytW rCfieeTlirmn6Vt'only sup .is I trrr havacrLttrtciaR'rrtfd I wUhoct f.zs I Ctlrl NUMBER why.- r We hat had resideats f tha United States before this ch commahd ed ths whole army and navy, and wctw vtotorioixs Oenerab. Did ther"do Cf any harm? Did Andrew ' Jackson en-alave bis country? fLoud and enthuai'-astic ebeering.) - tJid he employ armleJ to silence the clamors of a few factions in South Carolinaf Not at alb Hov inany iseai did he send tor the XSastSet Hot one. - Ut as a military man, witJl military lastincta as strong as Oeneral McClellan. and with this diererice: thai Jackson came in upon his own popular! lty arid McQIeJIan. caa been , suggested by the perilous condition of the country for reasons, all of" whieh bate been gif en to" the people; but it toake no direr ence whether they have been given id the people or not there m i secrjt m stinct in the breast of every Demo2rai whrchf at night, when he is alone 'and passes his eye " over the darkened atv peel of this country, will lead him to feel and see a reason to have some per son of McClellan a stripe near at hand. (Applause.) Do you understand tti The army, this great citizen arayi does not pelong to any one man in Uas country. It belongs to the people; it is a part of the :popTe; It is under the patronage and protection of the people attd the army ; will know what 'wv want. Very well. They .know, that wa don't intend ttf aay to thetxr, Go bnyott brutes, into the field; no matter how many thousands of you are slaughtered to-day, 1 will draw a drag-net through the country and haul up as many mere to be slaughtered to-morrow.? - (Loud cheers.) Kothing of that .' kind. Wa don't want a cold-blooded joker at Waab ington. who, while the Pistrict of Co lumbid is infested with hospital, and the atmosphere burdened by the groans and signs of our mangled countrymen when he can spare a minute from Joe Miller 'a Jest Book; looks out upon tho ocres of hospitals and inquires 4fWhal houses are those?' ' We want a man who can entertain a proper appreciation of their sufleriBgs a man who knows what a soldier moans when he points t a missing aim . and sayti Thi arm was lost at such a battle;" or irabing mutilated handj saysi "This li&nd was fractured at such a battle this limb was broken it such battle" where I fought at your order irt defence of the Government cf ry country, as you told McClellan he will cot be answered in1 ribald joke. The soldiers all undenting this thing They know what the Deo-ocratio party means; that, so long as the army exist under Democratic rule, tha brave children of the country who havo enrolled themselves trrider its banners will be respected,- regarded an d eared for, their pensions paid, their families provided for, because there will be scons humanity as well as blood in this busi. ness. There will be no call upon .bXf a million of young men to go and be cut to pieces under any pretence, hashed worse than animals, worse than the & man gladiators, and then come badr to be put off with ajest. (Cheers.) They will all know, every one of -them,' that Gen. McClellan is no joker, and will know, every one of them, when they are told to fight, that it will be for' something -that is constitutional tod legitimate, and When they are told. tS fighting is ended they will be willing tc? say, "Wei! General, Mr, President, X expect yow are about right.". Willia-ly and cheerfally they will aoqniescw ta the cteeis2on,' of the nation as exhibited in the person of the President. ; Th arnty will throw up their caps in spits of sdbordinatesj because the election-ef General McClellan will reconnect thea with. . gentleman. Hitherto orders have been issued and plans devised t Wlotf the army from, the jople to sepefate them and array them against each other",- and that has-been the great danger dfrthe last four years" -JhU tote irUX .reconneci the amy" with ihe peopley and givejthe civil the trassat antbjotity over "the military of the cten-try (Loud cheers. 1 iir - V" - ' 5 . t The Soldiers ff XieCleZs. General lleCIellsn ' was always ta tdot $1-tb army, and is so stillt- Assa reataace of their feeliagVead the CsOowbx frocith 2Tw EJaven (Ot.) SefteT: r ,. -1 Th (7. S. traneport Oeweral SaJwlcS lsy ts3 Loos" Wharf, yesterday afernoosj, whea taa' saints ia Aenor of .HedsQan' eor-hiiU wasWin; fiied widr 600 scMier oa board, boond io froftt.' As CJTZni gnA echoed ever" the bey, oae elB soklierr bailed 5a boat tor know &at lbs Bring was forf "Oe being tokJ bf threw his cap; 3n the -air. aad Cr three' cheers for -Lrttle JIae. InatnaW bs was ewrotroded'by bit eoteradee, wbea a-calf was ttads for "tiifse inertK aJtbrte. morel- and Sf V'$JI4 stars -which Wtre ffreo wits ench a will as to ft sard FWt street. 2J pt a ehetr t UotCa rj -tst . JjiaeoJs and she4djetract!feiV irosHslad enteksrs sad raty rk, s ft Coeetiat is roosed fSr IZZ'. , ieet?clt frtctKdsrri tad V zizz Ltaaie; U all -fzru e f theT -r . wrihcctir; jmVn-e-,:c.t- the 1-a cr' ttr c... "; I : C .cK- j : ?! h t:-- f . t '